Saturday, December 8, 2012

The War on Terror is Not the New Normal

The War on Terror is Not the New NormalNew York Times (blog)One of the biggest questions about the “war on terror” is whether real vigilance and necessary action will become an excuse for government intrusion into our lives, the erosion of our civil liberties and the maiming of our sons and daughters. There is ...Perhaps Mr. Johnson put it best when he said, “In its 12th year, we must not accept the current conflict, and all that it entails, as the ‘new normal.’ Peace must be regarded as the norm toward which the human race continually strives.”

'New normal': low rates, high dollarSydney Morning HeraldCuts in interest rates are proving less effective in lowering the dollar and boosting business activity than might have been expected, but are still working to support the economy overall, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe says. Mr Lowe also ...Sydney Morning Herald

Bill Gross: New Normal is here to stayCNNThe fiscal cliff may be the biggest short-term threat for the market, but there are even scarier problems to worry about, according to Pimco chief investment strategist Bill Gross. In his latest letter to investors, posted online Tuesday, Gross ...

Exclusive Interview with THE NEW NORMAL star Georgia KingAssignment XIn NBC's THE NEW NORMAL, created by Ali Adler and Ryan Murphy, Midwesterner Goldie Clemmons, played by Georgia King, takes her young daughter Shania (Bebe Wood) and strikes out for California in the hopes of making a better life for both of them.

'Abnormal the new normal' with climatePhiladelphia Daily News"The abnormal is the new normal," Ban told environment ministers and climate officials from nearly 200 countries. "This year, we have seen Manhattan and Beijing under water, hundreds of thousands of people washed from their homes in Colombia, Peru, the ...Philadelphia Daily News

The new normal on the Turkish-Syrian borderAl-ArabiyaTensions flared on the Turkish-Syrian border again over the weekend as Syrian regime forces and rebels clashed near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, just across from Turkey's Hatay province. Shells fired during the clashes fell into the Turkish town of ...Al-Arabiya